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The Genocide Intervention Network (GI-NET) recently released it’s end of 2008 summary on Areas of Concern. The report (PDF) describes the analysis performed in early 2008 and updated throughout the year.

Areas of Concern

Darfur, eastern Chad, Central African Republic, eastern DR Congo, Somalia, Iraq, eastern Burma, and Sri Lanka. Areas that may be added to the Areas of Concern list next year include North Korea, Ethiopia’s Ogaden region, and Afghanistan.

Abeyance List

Areas of Concern denote countries and territories that are currently experiencing massive violence. Areas where violence subsides for six months or more are placed on “abeyance” if it is appropriate to remain engaged/watchful of these situations until a re-emergence of conflict is less likely. Currently no areas are on abeyance, as we are just finishing the first cycle of the analysis. In our next cycle, areas likely to be placed on abeyance include Central African Republic, and possibly eastern Chad.

Patrick Meier (PhD)

NB: THIS BLOG HAS MOVED TO iREVOLUTION.net

Born and raised in Africa. Director of Crisis Mapping at Ushahidi and co-founder of the International Network of Crisis Mappers.Previously co-directed Harvard's Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning. Consulted extensively for international organizations in Africa, Asia and Europe. PhD from The Fletcher School and Doctoral Fellowship from Stanford University's Program on Liberation Technology. MA from Columbia University. BA from York and EAP at UC Berkeley.